You must have seen several masterpieces in your life but if you have not seen the Meenakshi temple then you are missing one of the masterpieces. Madurai is the second largest city of the Tamil Nadu state and this state is also known for another name I.e., the city of nectar. If you want to know something which dominates the whole city or whole Madurai then it is none other than the Meenakshi Temple. One can feel the actual life within the temple like statues displaying human emotions, huge architecture and giant structure of the temple are the centre of attraction of the city. Not is considered one of the largest and ancient temples in the whole world.
As the name suggests, the Meenakshi temple has something to do with the goddess Meenakshi. People have a belief that in this temple, the wedding of the goddess Meenakshi and Lord Shiva took place. If you want to actually know more about the temple then you should plan the Meenakshi Temple Tour to Madurai because it is difficult to explain the beauty of the temple in the words. There are so many gates, mandaps and halls in the temple and these all are really big to explain in some words.
This temple also consists of the huge lamp holder which consists of almost 1008 small lamps. It does not mean that it necessary to lot them up on every day but all the small lamps have to lit on the special occasions or the festive occasions. The temple also consists of the golden tank of Lotus and people believe that all the devotees do not forget to take bath in the tank because they consider the water of the tank as a holy water. In the simple words, it is always a perk to visit the Meenakshi temple.
